Переводы „popinjay“ в словаре англо » немецкий

pop·in·jay [ˈpɒpɪnʤeɪ, америк. ˈpɑ:p-] СУЩ. устар.

popinjay

Geck м. veraltend

popinjay

Lackaffe м. уничиж. разг.

popinjay

Dandy м. meist уничиж.

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английский

A popinjay of rare ridiculousness, he would besmirch a group of arrested-development 12-year-olds with his lightness of being.

www.spectator.co.uk

You're a popinjay who thinks that rugby is all running and passing.

www.stuff.co.nz

Many of these ladies would find out, rather belatedly, that their concepts of love and idealism have meant nothing to these crooks and popinjays.

www.ghanaweb.com

Where are our civil defence forces who love to appear at parades in their resplendent uniforms like castrated popinjays?

www.vanguardngr.com

This led us to conclude that the green background was applied on the entire wall first, varnished, and the popinjay was then painted on top.

spie.org

I do hope he doesn't, for neither of those serious statesmen deserves the insult of being compared with this popinjay.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Importantly, this also suggests that the same paint was used on the popinjay and the background.

spie.org

There are no international standard rules of popinjay.

en.wikipedia.org

The same low-rent popinjays that might be seen on any bay beach.

www.smh.com.au

And by enlightening others, we would have severed the trail of broken hearts and rendered the popinjays powerless, for knowledge, we are told, is power.

www.ghanaweb.com